Medical Dictionary

Reduvius

noun Re·du·vi·us \ri-ˈd(y)ü-vē-əs\

Medical Definition of REDUVIUS

:  the type genus of the family Reduviidae that includes an assassin bug (R. personatus) capable of inflicting a painful bite

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